Then There Were Three

While the issue of a "Timed Final" in the M50 mens 800m at Nationals seems to be very much front and center at the present{I'll chime in w/ my thoughts in another post} I went into Saturdays 8x300x200x300m repeats knowing this was the first of three final repeats coupled w/ three more races between now and Nationals on July 17th in 4 weeks time,no margin for error and no tomorrows this is the time to begin ratcheting up the ante.
As a byproduct of my three races between  May 29th and June 10th I hadn't tackled a 8x300x200x300m repeat since May 24th when I went:
49.9 31.9 50.5
50.6 33.0 51.9
51.0 32.4 51.9
52.1 33.2 53.9
52.6 33.5 52.1
53.0 34.4 52.4
52.9 34.2 53.2
53.2 34.2 51.5
A negative 4 seconds on my previous effort on April 26th

I arrived at Geasey Field at 10.15am knowing I'd be here for the best part of two hours{it was 12.10pm when I left} but these are the sacrifices Jumbo Elliot talked about in that famous quote I mentioned back on March 26th in my ''Words To Live By" entry,mile warm up and then have at time,went:
52.9 33.0 50.7
51.2 32.7 51.5
51.3 33.3 51.3
52.6 33.4 51.8
51.8 33.5 51.3
52.6 34.0 51.7
51.9 33.8 52.0
52.0 34.3 49.6
A six second improvement and unlike May 24th when I opened in 49.9 today I closed in 49.6!!!
Nine of my sixteen 300s were at 51 seconds and fibve of my eight 200s were at 33 seconds,I've come along way from my first 8x300x200x300m repeats back on August 24th when I ended up skipping Mondays scheduled workout as I need to hit Walgreen to but Epsom Salts to soak my aching calf muscles!!!
Let's just hope it's enough for a fast 800m at Nationals......however  we end up running it!!!!......